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@@ultimatestuff7111 Hey Ultimate stuff, I do find Charisma to help me out in the wasteland. Some of the early speech checks that I do are really only easier due to the Charisma. Trush be told, you don't need a high Charisma but it does make things easier.
@@iGoatonPS Sadly I don't. It was sort of a special video at the time, toke me around 1 week to make at the time. I am planning on making an updated one which would also include the DLC content too. Perhaps I may do something a little later in the new year but until then perhaps not.
With respect, taking perks that give skill points (like Daddy's Boy/Girl) will cause regrets later. Strongly recommend Intensive Training for your lowest Attribute at lvl one. Karma is almost completely irrelevant; you can adjust it up or down whenever you want. Give Purified Water to Beggars outside of towns to raise it, repeatedly steal items to lower it. Neutral is best, good brings Talon Company down on you, evil brings Regulators, Neutral brings nothing.
@@theforestman44 That is true, but there is never any real need to take the Almost Perfect perk. Unless you wasted perks getting to that point. And any perk giving skill points is a wasted perk.
@@theforestman44 I beg your pardon, there is one exception to the "never take skill point perk" rule: Impartial Mediation, but that gives you THIRTY POINTS of Speech, not the paltry 5 or 10 that the other skill point perks give, but you must maintain Neutral karma for it to work. But as mentioned, you can quickly adjust your karma whenever you wish.
Also, you should take Child At Heart as soon as you can, but not because it gives HUGE advantage, but because it makes the game more f*****g fun. And funny, too.
Hey Reese, to a point I agree as increasing stats via perks is probably not worth it and it's more worthwhile to get some 'effect perks' instead. That said, there is not much to go on at the lower levels and I went with the perks to help with getting the bomb diffused and to also allow to get lockpick up with 50 with Science a close second at 49. But it's really relative to what your trying to achieve.
I would have to suggest you don't set your special points like that, since you're going to miss some very good perks. The best way to do it is to set INT to 9, CHAR to 1 or 2 and everything else to 6, this will allow you to get pretty much all the good perks while getting the most XP. Charisma is not important since you load a saved game for the speech challenges.
That's actually a very good point and something I should have thought about. I guess I was just thinking form a point of view of getting someone going but probably also should have thought about next steps in terms of what perks to take at later levels. Thanks for pointing this out, it's a totally fair point.
@@TrappedInFallout Man, I appreciate you and your videos. Thank you for not slamming me, some people don't take other people's opinions very well, but you rock.
@@mulcahy123 Yeah I have seen a fair amount of that. That's ok buddy, I like to think my channel is a safe place, speak your mind buddy. Your comment actually got me thinking about a possible new guide so in all honesty I should thank you for your comment. The guide I am thinking about is specific to special point distribution and what perks to take following ok from that. And it was your comment that got me thinking about it 😄👍.
Agree, but IMO build in this guide is decent as well, because in Fallout 3 we only have less than 20 perks that matter, most perks are skills-related which are irrelevant for most players. So, as long as they set INT to 9, the rest are just whatever
Hey Wheelassasin, thanks so much for your kind words. I really hope that the video does help outml. It toke me the best part of three weeks to make and I am very happy with how it turned out.
@@TrappedInFalloutit took you three weeks to produce this audible garbage can ? I’d your admitting to spending weeks on this disgusting video that just shows your not gonna make it in this industry kid
Maybe it's been said already, but here a couple of my tips: Before you disarm the bomb in Megaton, go to Moriarty's saloon. Turn to the right, and you'll see Mr. Burke in the back room. Talk to him and convince him you'll set off the bomb for him instead of disarming it. He'll give you a device for it. (Also, while you're in the saloon, I think Moriarty gives you a map marker for Rivet City if you talk to him enough, making it easier to go there following your tips.) Take that device to Lucas Simms for proof about Mr. Burke's dastardly plans, then follow Simms back to the saloon. Simms will try to arrest Burke, and Burke will shoot him in the back. This will let you kill Burke without setting off the whole town. You can then loot both Burke and Simms, getting their gear, as well as Simms' house key. Then you can go disarm the bomb. Simms' son will still reward you for the quest and give you the house, and you can go into Simms' house with the key, with no karma loss or needing the secret hatch or anything. Also, I'd rather take the Lady Killer/Black Widow perk instead, especially if your PC is a woman, as the majority of enemies are male, and it's a flat 10% extra damage against the opposite sex, no matter the weapon you're using. With 9 Int, you're not lacking for skill points.
It's a great bit of advice, thanks for sharing. I have been thinking about it for a while now to make this guide to effectively get double the rewards.
Damn i wish i see your comment before i play yesterday. I reported Burke to Lucas and got him killed and thought i will not get reward for disarm so i reload the save file. I end up seduce Mr Burke though.
1. The most important Stat in F3 is Intelligence. Start with 9, later quickly collect the Intelligence Bobblehead in Rivet City to make it 10. I don't recommend to raise Charisma. F3 speech check system is based on probability. So you can get by with Charisma 1 by using Quick Save-Load to get everything you need from NPCs. 2. You do not need to steal. When first meet Moira, agree helping with her book. Pick the Radiation job. Then you can swim all your way to Rivet City to collect Intelligence Bobblehead. 3. While on the way to Rivet City, a pier in front of Citadel has locked boxes with Power Fists. The key is inside the sunken boat under the pier. Go get the Power fists 4. Back to Megaton, why not disarm the bomb. Once you are irradiated up to 600, return to Moira and she will cure you while rewarding you at the same time. 5. Next Moira's job is loot the Supermarket. that what your Power Fist is for. 6. Next Moira's job is visiting Minefield. Find a Sniper Rifle. Climb above a hill nearby minefield and shoot the sniper hiding above before entering. 7. Next job pick the injury job. Just drop a grenade on your own feet, then return to Moira 8. Next job pick the Mole Rat. You will be given a weapon which is lethal to mole rat. Mole rats stop being a threat now. 9. You should be at least Lv.5 now. Don't take the Mirelurk job. Instead go doing the Anchorage DLC mission. Once you finished you will have a Chinese Stealth Armor. Now take the Mirelurk job, it will be easy. 10. By the time you return from Anchorage Mission, you should have enough powerful weapons/armors enough to take almost all Wasteland enemies. You can stop reading guides.
In the part of the vid where he shows you the "hollow rock," where he sees that first Mole Rat, save your game. Then go in exact direction that Rat comes from. Walk slowly towards and under the bridge. As you do, you will be attacked by minor creatures at low lvls. Save after each attack. At a certain point, you will trigger a random event, from a list of events. If you trigger an Alien Spaceship exploding, save again. If it's ANY OTHER EVENT, RELOAD last save and try again, until you get the spaceship. Once you get the spaceship and save your game, now you will get the Firelance (an Alien Blaster, one of most powerful weapons in the game, you might even see it falling) and Alien Ammo. Be advised you may be unable to find it quickly, but never fear, it will stay there for the rest of your playthru, no Raider will find it at that location. Once you have Dogmeat, he will find it for you instantly, plus any ammo you may have missed. Just ask him to find weapon AT THAT LOCATION, then equip it, then ask him to find ammo. If you let this event happen elsewhere without your control, chances of forever missing out on the weapon increase a hundredfold. If you get it now, you won't have to think about it again for the rest of the game. Btw, Dogmeat can glitch out at any time, ALWAYS save before using his wonderful nose, if he isn't back in 3 minutes, reload, change location a little and try him again.
Hi Reese, thanks so much for your valuable info. After reading your comment I think I really should have added that into the video. I actually have a video specifically covering the Firelance and getting it straight after leaving the Vault but I should have added to this video guide, it would have been a great addition. Thank you also on Dogmeat, another too I could have added i.e. to recruit Dogmeat early as he is a big help.
For anyone playing on the Epic Games version, the hidden container exploit is still there. It's in a different camera position than the one in the video.
I love that you are making this content here and now still with so much passion for the game. I am introducing my mother to gaming because she is losing a lot of other capabilities in her old age. It’s great to see people still making content for us to enjoy while revisiting these classics.
Hi Sean, thanks so much for your comment and I wish mum the best of health. There seems to be a very lovely feeling when one introduces one's own parent to video games. I remember doing something similar with my mum. Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it.
Quick side note about Explosives, you can keep it as low as 15 if you find a Mentats (I found 2 just in Springvale). Pop the mentats for the boost to 25 explosives which is enough to disarm the bomb. Love your channel, Fallout is the best series of games ever!!
Thanks so much for sharing that. Funny thing is that that's whats I wanted to do originally but I could not find a reliable guaranteed spawn point for some mentats.
Your stats should be STR 5, PER 6, END 6, CHR 1, INT 9, AGL 7, and LCK 6 when you exit Vault 101. CHR is a dump stat you can bypass through spam-saving / loading. The perks associated with it are only useful in limited circumstances. STR can be increased by 1 through Ant Might to give you access to Strong Back perk. AGL 7 gives you access to Ninja, Sniper, Silent Running, and other related perks. PER, END, and LCK 6 give you access to the best perks associated with them. I would swim down to Rivet City before entering Megaton, getting the INT Bobblehead before leveling up to 2nd. You will have 29 more XP points to allocate by the time you reach LVL 30 (Broken Steel). Once you Fast Travel back to Megaton, you can then start the Survival Guide with a healthy dose of rads to knock out one of the tasks right away.
Thanks for your detailed comment and for the most part I agree. Charisma really is not worth the points however it does require a little more planning on one's side. For this guide I wanted to keep it simple and easy hence the high charisma for anyone who wants to find it a little 'easier' to pass speech checks. But I totaly agree, there are a number of ways to just pass speech checks. I am considering doing a more advanced version of this guide going forward in which case Charisma will probably have almost no points invested in it.
Exactly what I do on each play through,then after the survival guide quest I'm straight to op anchorage for the Chinese stealth suit followed by the Pitt for the perforator,ghoul mask would be my next mission after that. I can get my character op AF by level 11...stealth suit and dart gun opens up so many opportunities for hilarious and inventive killing!
@@dexterhuntington2495 That sounds like a really smart move. You would get some of the best gear very quickly including power armor training. If you decide to use glitches then you can get a truck load of ammo with high HP weapons. The weapons from the Pitt would be solid too. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.
@@TrappedInFallout thanks too you, I'm really enjoying your content, I wish you and your channel well. My start to NV is pretty smart and effective if anyone is interested, I'm enjoying your content for NV very much also, thanks.
@@dexterhuntington2495 Thanks Dexter, I really appreciate that. They are all great games. Feel free to share ideas or thoughts. I love talking about Fallout stuff, some of my videos were born out of discussions with folks on the channel 😄👍
For picking skills as a child pick 6 for everything except luck. For GOAT choose explosive, repair and speech. Leaving the vault and leveling up put all points on speech. Go straight to Megaton. Disarm the bomb and fix the pipes. This will let you level up again. Put all points on speech. Head to Bigtown (directly north of vault 101). Speak to Bittercup, first, no one else. Complement her, tell her she looks different and needs to set herself apart. The conversation may end. Talk to her again and ask her "Is there anyone in town you haven't dated?" after asking her this go straight to Pappy and ask him about dating Bittercup and you'll gain exp.. The option to ask him stays and you can ask him over and over giving you unlimited exp. right at the beginning of the game. You can develop your character however you like. It takes about 2 hours from the beginning of the game to get to level 14.
Hey Christian, thanks for sharing your steps on how to get some infinite XP. I had tried it myself and could not get it to work. I tend to use the scrap metal glitch myself as I also get caps, Stimpacks and some other goodies.
I don’t know if this is well known, but I used to exploit a glitch ride outside of the vault in the beginning of the game where if you drop all the armors you collected off the dead vault guards and then pick the armor back up, the condition would reset to perfect on them and greatly increase the sale value for a good starting amount of bottle caps to start the game.
I will have to say that I have not heard of that one before. So you just drop the guards armors just as you leave the vault. Feel free to share the instructions buddy. It's a new one for me so would love to know a little more about it.
The hidden locker in Moira's shop! I have never heard about that one. - I've watched the tons of Fallout channel's & am subbed to several....& that's the 1st time that has been 'revealed'. & in all seriousness, yours is the most concise & to the point guidewise.
Oh wow thank you so much Spontaneous, I really appreciate the feedback. It's definitely something that's been there for a long time and I just used my guide to bring it out a little to the fore front. And thank you also very much for your feedback. I always try to make my videos as simple, easy and straight to the point and so I really appreciate your feedback bud.
I played this game 12 years ago and I just ordered the game of the year edition brand new, dude i missed this game so much I'm 10 hours in and i already feel that magic that classic older bethesda games had, its the immersion and exploration and scenery that is so awesome, i love that sometimes when ur wandering around in a raiders encampment it feels so dark like a horror movie. This game was my first fallout game and its such a fuckin banger! I strongly recommend anyone who hasnt played it to play it!
I loved reading your comment. Fallout 3 was my first Fallout game also and as you can probably tell I still play it to this day. It's a lovely game and there is just so much to do in it.
>special skills always put charisma in one and share the rest as you like >go with the outcast >Make the infinite scrap metal glitch >go to megaton and farm xp and caps with the scrap matel >go to each location of the bobble heads that increased one special attribute and pick them up >go and make the dlc anchorage and take all the ammo, armor and weapons >enjoy That’s the “beginners guide” i give to everyone who ask me. And always; nice vid, MO 👌
Wow thank you so much for the feedback, it's much appreciated. I am thinking of making a part 2 at some point that would go into more detail and also cover the DLC too.
I never finished Fallout 3 so I decided July 2024 would be the perfect time to play it. So here I am in your ultimate guide video for Fallout 3. I was surprised I did almost everything perfect except for choosing the first 3 +15 skill points. I instead chose Small Guns, Repair and Science. But everything else, I did almost the same. And I didnt know about Moira's secret locker and the secret weapon stash behind Megaton lol. Thank you for that information xD
Thank you for your lovely comment and feedback. It's a great game and I personally love to play the games around 3-5 times every year. I've been doing that since release for 3, NV and 4.
I recommend this for beginners: 5 strength, 5 Perception, 5 Endurance, 1 Charisma, 9 Intelligence, 5 Agility and 5 luck. Thn you can put the remaining points into the stats you like most (except Intelligence and Charisma) That way beginners can experiment and try out all possible play styles. When you advise beginners to put 9 points here and 9 points there etc, you actually force them to a minimum of play styles and block off others. Let’s say, a beginner plays the game for 50% with heavy weapons but suddenly he gets bored and want a lighter stealthy approach, then chances are he got screwed because of his special points. Then the only way to make up for it is to reach endgame which is a bummer. I only recommend 1 Charisma because you can bypass that by save/load, or put a good amount of points in your speech skill. 9 Intelligence is to max out your skill points each time you level up. But this is just my opinion :) Have to say that this is the best channel for Fallout fans! 😄 Wish i discovered it sooner.
Wow thank you so much for your lovely feedback. And thank you for sharing your view on a great build setup. I really wish at the time that I had spent more time on the Special setup buy I did sort of burst through it. I am working on another guide to fix that somewhat specifically. But thank you again for your comment and support.
I'm new to this game and never knew rocks could be opened. I'm glad to know about that sniper rifle in the rock. Fighting enemies up close has been incredibly difficult so far especially fire ant soldiers because they take me down pretty easily. I'm looking to be more on the stealthy side of things sniping enemies from afar and switching to pistols when they get closer. I do use the bat when I can but it doesn't seem to do much against fire ant soldiers. My character is level 2 so that's a probably a big reason for that lol.
Thanks so much for your comment. Given your still early in the game I hope that my guide helps you out. There is a lot to digest so hopefully it will be easy to follow also.
I would recommend one of the first things to do once you leave the vault is to get the Firelance blaster random event located at the barn behind the vault. You can soft reset the game until you get the event. I do this every play through so I don’t miss the event or the blaster doesn’t get stuck in an unreachable location.
Ha ha you read my mind. I do exactly this. In fact I have a video doing exactly these steps. In hindsight I probably should have added that to this guide.
Wow, thank you so much for your comment, it felt so lovely reading it. I try to make my guides as simple and easy as possible and also try to make things 'to the point'. Thanks again so much S 👍
Fallout 3 was so hard when I first played it back in the day but now, I can play it in my sleep. I have only felt that with this game specifically. Atom works in mysterious ways.
I actually can relate. I felt the same way when I first played it. Today I play it so often it feelmlike I know more about the game then I do about general life.
I'd say the second you get out the vault pop it on very easy, stick your level up points in lock pick and science and pick a perk that has an active effect instead of adding skill points that can be acquired via skill books and bobble heads. With that in mind start running to rivert City for the intelligence bobble head then get towards the lock pick and science after that. Then adjust the difficulty to your choice.
I never considered game difficulty, thanks so much for sharing. I also cover getting the I Intelligence bobblehead but not the science one. Thanks so much for sharing your advice, much appreciated.
Hey Papa, thanks for your comment and for sharing some insight yourself buddy, appreciate. Charisma can be reduced and other objects and items can potentially be used as a work around for sure. Thanks again for checking out my guide.
Hey man, great video. I would to add that I just figured out a xp exploit from you video. Right when you you leave the vault and level up keep going back and forth between the perks and where you add more point and you can keep adding 5 point each time til you get to level 100
Hey Chris, thanks for pointing this out to me. This sounds like a new glitch, to me certainly. Can you explain a little more. Once you leave the vault, I don't recall there being any way to add 5 points to anything via perks in FO3. Or am I missing something.
Oh wow, that's amazing. I really envy you my friend as it's a wonderful game and to be able to enjoy it for the first time is a great feeling. I have plenty of guides on FO3, so do feel free to check them out. And that said, thank you so much for checking out my guide and for your comment also. Once again, have a blast iGoat.
Hey Joe, thanks so much buddy for your comment and for your feedback, that means alot to me. I loved making this one, it was nice to just freestyle it based on what I usually do when I start new playthroughs.
Okay so the free house items glitch still works on PC in 2022 for those of you here because of it being free on epic. YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE CHANGE CAMERA BUTTON FOR THIS TO WORK. On pc this is the "f" key. I think its LB on controller. Otherwise your character just moves and you wont find it.
Thank you so much Theoeras for sharing your advice and tip on the camera glitch. It's actually very interesting, of all the tips in the video, many appear to be having issue with the camera bit which I suppose makes sense for the most part because it's probably the most tricky bit. Thanks again for the tip.
I found that this UA-cam channel can be really useful I’ve learned some things from it. My favorite thing to do is go straight to rob-co and get scrap metal and get the ghoul mask then go to underworld to get Lincoln’s repeater and do the infinite scrap metal glitch
Thanks so much for your feedback, even after al the games being out collectively for over a decade, you saying that you learn new things from my channel is a really nice complement. About the scrap metal and mask though, that sounds like a solid idea, thanks for sharing it dude. I was looking at doing a new video where you can get both houses which involves going to Tenpenny straight after Vault 101.
Hey GunSlinger, thanks so much for your feedback. This was by far my most difficult video to make and it was such a pleasure talking to everyone also. Thanks man, I hope there were some tips in there that were new to you.
Lol think of all the speech checks that you might still need to save and load to pass, awesome isn't it. Ha ha I am working on something in the background to fix that. That said I hope my poor build choice does not take away from all the other stuff I shared in the video.
Thank you so much Wulfgvng, I really appreciate that. Since making my guide I have also re-thought of a number of things and may make an updated version at some point in the future. That said, thank you once again for checking out my guide.
Wow welcome to the world of Fallout. I really hope that you have a great time playing the games. Even though they are old you will find that they still stand-up even by today's standards.
I always set my charisma to 3 and if I fail a speech check I just accept it. You can get into Simms' house simply by waiting a bit. His house becomes unlocked after a while. And you really should speak to Burke before disarming the bomb, for the storyline. It makes taking out Burke and Tenpenny much more satisfying during the 'Gotta Shoot Them In The Head' quest. Most of this guide is too much like power gaming for me.
That's a fair comment and to an extent it sort of is. I don't really take the time to explain a few options and only really go I to some level for depth for some things like choosing your player home. The guide is designed to just get someone new to the game up and running with a somewhat balanced approach. I am planning to make another one at some point which would be a little more detailed but for now this will hopefully help out everyone who checks out the video.
@@TrappedInFallout Yeah I realised after I'd posted that you must have talked to Burke in order to get the ability to set the bomb to explode. Dumb of me.
@@cdeford No worries at all ha ha. It's all good. You are right on your view, this video is to get someone up and running and I hope to correct that one day with a more detailed video.
Thanks for the guide! Wish I looked for it before I started fallout 3 for the first time last week! I’ll adjust some stuff won’t be too far behind where you were
That's totally cool. You don't have to restart our game at all and I would say just carry on and have fun. Feel free to checkout my guide for any other tips as I do share stuff well after leaving the Vault also.
Thank you so much Rony. It was something that I was a little worried about. I always try to make my videos short but this was a long one. I'm happy for your feedback, perhaps I may make another Premier going forward.
Would you believe that I an pacing myself on the show. So far I have watched episode 1 snd plan to try and watch an episode a week. I might even watch episode 1 again, I totally loved it. And oh man, loved the fols who play the roles too. The setting, the look and feel.
Personally I don’t think you need the science skill for hacking terminals you can just guess 3 times and if you don’t get it get out the terminal. Then access the terminal again and rinse and repeat until you get it. As long as you don’t press the 4th one you can do this infinitely. If they patched this then just save and reload. The terminal
You cannot access the terminal if you do not have the required science skill. Cannot even interact with it to attempt a guess. You need 25 for easy 50 for medium 75 for hard and 100 for very hard terminals.
It's a really big game and your right, there is a lot. I could suggest that you look at the chapters in the video and try to go through a chapter at a time to help it make a little more easier.
Wow! Thats an amazing and indepth guide to help give new players such a good start to this game! I really like how indepth you went regarding stats vs bobbleheads and how best to approach quests! Awesome video buddy!😃🤘
Hey Reckless, thanks so much dude for checking out my guide and for your comment. This was by far my most difficult guide to make, toke me best part of three weeks. And I am so happy that it's been received very well. Hopefully this will help out people who are new to the game.
for those who are wondering why the trick of the hidden locker 18:45 doesnt work its because you need to disarm the bomb in middle of megaton (not rig it to explode) then the trick will work
The trick itself is based off the game camera view and not not related to any quests as such. You should be able to pull it off without touching the nuke, I have certainly done it but you will not be able to actually use any of it without disarming the nuke as that is how you get access to the house. So in a manner of speaking it's true but you don't need to disarm to access the hidden container.
Yes I absolutely plan to. I have some other stuff in mind for now as I am slowly going through DLC content but I totally plan to make one for New Vegas. That said I do have a glitches start for New Vegas. What that be something that you would be interested in?
You missed the utility vault jump suit at the start of the quest to leave the vault. The utility vault suit gives you plus 5 to repair. You also passed up on a corpse in the red server looking room just before the overseer that also wears the utility vault suit. Jonas also has a lab coat. This increases your science by 5. Keeping these in your inventory can be useful when performing the tasks related to their benefits. I think that would have neen a useful tip to provide, especially to new players.
Thanks for pointing those out, in hindsight I should have mentioned those during the escape of the Vualt but I totally forgot to. Had lots in my notes at the time and skipped over some and would you believe that I even edited some out.
4 - decent enough strength to carry stuff 7 - energy weapons (goes up during side quests and bobbleheads) 5 - your overall hit points and big guns 1 - useless 7 - the overall skill points you get from leveling up the higher it is ( goes up from side quests and bobbleheads) 9 - small guns ( good to get this high in the beginning for good damage on starter weapons such as the 10mm pistol) 6 - crit multiplier ( goes up higher from bobblehead and side quest buffs) Tag small guns, lock picking and repair. You can get science up later on in the game once you get the tag skills to 100 since medium and hard terminal locks don't come up till later in the game.
Thanks buddy for sharing your feedback, I really appreciate it. These are some great points and I am thinking of making an updated one in the future. I will certainly take all these points on good advice.
Thanks. Playing it for the first time and I thought you had to kill the overseeker. Made it out and tried to go in the school and cleared out two levels before dying lol
That's awesome, welcome to the game. Its an amazing game and if Fallout 3 is your first Fallout then your in for a lovely treat. Thanks for checking out my guide and for your comment. I have lots of content on FO3 so feel free to check any of it out and I hope it helps.
Hey El Lobo, wow, that's such an amazing complement, thank you so much. Thank you so much for your comment, I am just so greatful for all the support that I have received. I really look forward to tomorrow, it will be amazing talking to everyone.
Charisma to 9 is pointless. The speech checks can be easily bypassed by quicksaving before talking to somebody and basically repeating the convo until you pass. Plus you can use the Naughty Nightwear found in the “Those” quest topped with any other Charisma boosting headwear or drinks. Intelligence -9 Agility and Perception at least 6 since theres a few perks that require this. Dont waste a perk by adding another point to any Special unless you have to at the start due to lack of perks
Yeah I agree. I have been thinking a lot about this and did make some decisions in the video I would do differently today. I may make an updated one for the near future. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Hey Enclave, thanks so much. It will be really cool finally getting a chance to actually chat with you all in the live chat. I'm really looking forward to it.
No problem at all, thank you so much for your time and for checking it out. I do try to do my homework as best I can before posting but it does not always go as I planned. Thank you for your feedback.
Hi Skitty Beeper, thanks so much for your comment and I really can't wait myself. It's the first time I'll be doing a premier and I am really looking forward to talking to you and everyone else.
Hey David, thanks so much for your comment buddy and feedback. It's truly an awesome game and it's totally worth going back to play it again. Although the graphics may not have aged as well but the gameplay and story and mechanics is still better than other games today, in my opinion.
It's cute to watch this and be reminded how broken vanilla fallout 3 is. I probably haven't played f3 in 15 years and forgot about do much. This is quaint and familiar
Many thanks for checking out my guide. Your right, it was broken in many places - I guess its sort of a historic and traditional thing for most Fallout games ha ha.
I will put my hands up, I certainly do. I am not a fan of horror games so get a little spooked. The first time I played the Dead Money DLC was not a great experience for me. I also find places like Dunwich not a pleasant place at all.
Make sense IMO, unlike Fallout 4, Fallout 3 enemies are not based on the player level, so if we get lost in the wasteland, we can encounter very high-level enemies early on. And I think that's because the backsound as well while we are wandering
Great video, love this, playing through goty edition again. 1st time in year. Only thing ill say, is with the bobblehead in vault 101, dont worry if you miss it, as you can get it later from, trouble at the homefront
Wanna hear something that sucks? As mentioned, been playing through goty. collected every bobblehead in the game, except raven rock, as had not done the quest yet. And i missed the last one in Col. Autumns room. Fml @@TrappedInFallout
No problem at all - my only advice is that you watch the entire video first and then decide if you want to replicate what I did or if you want to take some advice and not all. It's totally up to you my friend, thank you so much for your support and comment.
Hey Forest Man, thanks so much for being so early. I think you were the first person to be in the chat and so darn early also. I truly appreciate it, thank you so much.
Moe i also downloaded your video in case it is removed by youtube and you can also use the scrap metal glitch to have infinite exp after grabing all the boobleheads to have 10 points on each skills.
@@theforestman44 Yeap that's totally true, in fact I have a video on that too. I feel like I have covered a great deal of Fallout 3 now. Here is the link to the video if your interested: ua-cam.com/video/SnNxX7oHx-0/v-deo.html
On xbone, and possibly ps3, 4, and PC too, there is a nasty bug: If you install all DLCs from beginning, it breaks the radio. You will instantly hear Three Dog talking about END-GAME events, from the beginning of your playthru all the way to the end. (It's a Broken Steel bug, to be exact.) This is not only out of order, and SPOILERY, it also blocks announcements you are SUPPOSED to hear as you complete quests. To fix this, just don't install DLCs until you're ready for them, then, install in correct order: 1. Operation Anchorage, 2. The Pitt, 3. Broken Steel (but 3. only after you finish main quest.) The other 2 DLCs can PROBABLY be done safely before OR after BS.
Hi Reese, thanks so much for sharing that with us all. I usually start my new games on PC with all the DLC which activate as soon as I leave Vault 101 and have been lucky I guess as it's not happened to me. Thanks for letting us know though, I really appreciate it.
1: As soon as you can: go to the Scrapyard and get man's best friend: Dogmeat. You can do this right after leaving the Vault. Your life will become significantly easier with this companion and at the end of the main story he will tear through a 3 man strike force of Enclave soldiers as if they were mole rats. Or draw aggro from 2 Deathclaws while you shoot them. 2: As soon as you have explored enough of the DC ruins to reach the Museum metro station, go into Underworld which is a Ghoul settlement in the Museum Of Natural History and get Charon for free by doing the quest for the innkeeper where you have to kill another innkeeper. Once a day she goes out the door to have a smoke and you can safely deposit a frag mine in her pocket. With Charon and Dogmeat you are set, even on hard dificulty.
These are actually two very good tips. I only focused the video on a 'getting started' point of view but I really should have included Dogmeat into the guide. On a personal note he is one of my most beloved companions across all of Fallout.
The best SPECIAL for me it's 9 int 8 str 7 luck - remaining - for your choice and build. STR +2 - 1 bobblehead in Megaton and 1 for compliting quest Those - Ant might - this quest you can compleat with magnum or rifle - hard but donoble. Int - the bobblehead in the Rivetcity Luck - eazy bobblehead in the cementary - 2 ghouls and 3 bandits - eazy to kill, Lucky shades +1 luck near Tempeny Tower and the lucky 8 ball - hard because you need to kill supermutants - but duable with manum or rifle. 2 and 3 level put your skills to SPECIAL perk 4 - to Educated 5th to Comprehantion All other - your choice, and don't cheat - it is bad!
Thanks so much for sharing your tip and advise, I really appreciate that Dmytro. Seems like a good spread of your special stats, with a high int, strength and luck, you should be doing plenty of crit hits and getting high exp. On the cheating, sure bud, will try my best.
3:25 Weird. I set up everything as you said Mo, I failed the 70% Speech check w/ Butch. And my 3 Tag Skills: Lockpick Repair, & Science were after I picked them as skills, were literally 1 point below what your read. Yours on Repair & Science I believe read at 37. Mine are at 36. Lockpick the same, yours read 27, mine 26. Just weird. I failed the Butch speech check but talked to Paul Hannon and passed it that way & yes I grabbed Medicine Bobblehead
Sadly the speech checks are not 100 certain. It's more of a probability thing. The higher your speech, the more likely you will pass it. Alternatively you can save you game just before doing it. If it fails then reload and try again.
At the third perk you can make your skills up to 100 explosives, melee weapons, repair, and small guns. After I misarmed the bomb I put all my points in science then continue select the first perk. Then back continued again then select the second. Back and forth and the points didn't go away. I don't know if you can do this at any point but right after misarming worked.
Love this and followed to the tee. However got ambushed by talon mercs then whilst passing through the water got involved in a shootout with mutants and raiders. Bit out of luck for me.
Thank you so much for watching through the entire video. It's one of my more comprehensive guide but I can also see areas that I can improve on things. Yeah, there is an element of randomness so hopefully it wasn't too bad. Did you find the video useful, are there any areas that you would change or suggest I look at more?
Hello from 20224 - about the build - use chems, it's very cool and usefull, therefor don't max your specials - coumt all the buffs you can get. About INT - you don't need so many skill points - there is a lot of skill bonuses, keep it nearly 5.
Thanks for sharing your feedback, it's much appreciated. That makes sens. I made this guide a while back and I may make another more up to date guide as there are several things in there that I would certainly revisit.
Hey Mo, I was not able to make it dude. I'm sorry but I am going to watch it in full. So far I have heard some great tips, lol, moving NPCs is a really cool trick.
I'm pretty sure Lucas Simms house unlocks after you finish his quest. I have found it locked a few times though. It might depend on Lucas Simms son. Just always check and see after. The fact of the matter is, i have the bobblehead and i didn't sneak in through the roof.
Hey just letting you know you forgot to mention the book your friend gives you at your birthday party it can be found in your desk when you wake up it boosts melee damage just wanted to put that here because I’m new to fallout 3 and just figured that out today
That's a great shout-out, thanks so much for sharing that. I have been thinking of making an updated version of this video. Hopefully sometime soon as I have had a lot of feedback on it.
Thank you bro for this video. By this I had understand the mechanism well. I started playing this game for the first time and it was bit confusing for me to understand the game and it was funny when i just kill each ncp that comes😅. Love from India ❤
This is great. I'm starting my 2nd playthrough now. The 1st one I really struggled early on cause I did it completely blind. Did not enjoy the game at first because of it. This will help me Do you have one of these for New Vegas? I looked and didn't see anything. I watched a different one from someone else but it was short, quick, not as detailed and comprehensive as this one
Thanks so much for checking out my guide for FO3 and for your comment. Sadly no I don't have a start guide for NV. I have a fee start glitched guide but that's not the same as a beginners guide. I just never really got around to making it although I did start on the project a few times. I my still do so and make a detailed guide as possible but sadly no, not at the moment. Thanks so much for checking out my guide.
I just want to tell you appart from the Chat again how i apprecheate youre work. You ssy thancks for us watching but to bring this in perspective: for us it was 30min of entertainment for you 3 weeks of work. I really want to thank you for the time and efford and truly apprecheate not only this video but also the entire channle. Your'e not just any youtuber Your'e my Buddy Thanks a lot😁
Hey ExiledWarden, thanks so much for your kind words. I truly value it. It's always lovely when you sort of randomly find each other and in the end it turns into a lovely friendship. Even better that what ever the case that we share some in common and that's out passion for Fallout. Thank you so much as always for your support, it's really something that has helped me so much and I can really not ask for anything else. Thank you buddy.
@@exiledwarden9598 Thanks again so much ExiledWarden, I really appreciate your comment buddy. And this is why I feel it is totally worth it, everyone is so lovely.
You forgot something this isnt as important nor as relevant but there is a hidden safe behind our fathers picture frame in the office where the bobblehead is. It requires 50 lockpick but if a player can obtain it early on they can eventually go back to vault 101 if they recieve amatas distress call
Yeap your absolutely right. It's something in hindsight that I should have added in the video. Many thanks for sharing your advice, much appreciated Peeaines.
I remember back when I first started playing this in 2008 it all seemed so complex. But now with far more complex games out there, FO3 is really kind of easy for me, even on Hard difficulty. Still enjoyed the guide, though.
Thanks NightWeaver for checking out my guide. It was a guide that I have wanted to make for the longest of time but at the same time it was meant for new folks to the game. I am planning to make a part 2 for this, which would have some more tricks and tips to getting started including DLC stuff. Hopefully in the near future.
@@TrappedInFallout By the way I just checked and that glitch to steal all of the house items does still work. It took me a few minutes of fiddling with the camera but the locker does show up.
@@Nightweaver1 That's great, it's a really cool and simple trick and saves a lot on caps given that you don't have to buy any of it. I personally love it, great start. It also makes the Megaton home more valuable (in my view) over the Tenpenny Suite.
In stead of disarming the bomb you can also go inside of the saloon and talk to the dodgy guy, then snitch him with the sherrif and follow the sherrif to the saloon and wait for the shootout and the sherrif to be killed. You kill the dody guy, loot both, visit tenpenny tower, do whatever you want to do there and then after being done with tenpenny tower, decide what you do to Megaton
Thanks for sharing your steps. It's something I did probably only 2 or 3 times since playing FO3 all those years back. I may try it again. Out of interest though when your back in Megaton and you disabled the bomb, how do you then get the keys to your house since Lucas is no longer available?
@@TrappedInFallout I just did the mission and after the shootout between Burke and Simms you kill Burke and cant detonste the bomb. You can however take both of their guns and outfits. Simms son hands you the caps and the key to your shack after you defuse
Oh I had no idea about that, that sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. It's an interesting observation 😉👍. I will have to check it out for myself and see.
Great video if you disarm the bomb about 2:30pm Lucas Simms door is open I'm playing on 360 so it might be different because I started with different skill points only a few points different
i dont recommend tagging the science skill at all, since science and big guns skills can be maxed out entirely through skill books due to the infinite supply of them (through respawning raiders) it will take a while to grind out all the skill points for them, but doing so will let you save skill points and the tag skills for other skills, saving you roughly 160-ish skill points over the two skills, if you want to grind it out that is
That's ab absolutely solid and valid point, I should know since I covered both of the glitches on my channel. Since pushing out my guide for FO3, I have been thinking about making a more up to date version of it including DLC and making sure of some glitches to help out. Thanks so much for sharing your feedback and thoughts Sleepy PPL, I really appreciate it 👍
@@TrappedInFallout you responded to a comment on a half a year old video, not a lot of youtubers do that, thats nice to see, ill definitely come back to you for fallout videos
Thank you so much for your comment. I like reading my comments and I try my best to reply to every single one. It's just a really nice way of being able to interact with you all. On your note of checking out my other videos, thank you so much - that really means a lot to me 😄👍
for the most part this guy is alright on his information however, there are some cavots to his special first both strength and endurance can be worth getting at 10 and getting the bobble heads because they can be dropped by radiation as a matter of fact getting them above a 10 actually is beneficial because it will make them fall down to 10 or in other words it's like having a 11 just without the stat increases its not generally as big of a help but, I actually found this method can allow for a character to reduce heavy radiation stat drops granted the build is also one that relies on you becoming lvl 30 with broken steel
Thanks for sharing your feedback. I really appreciate it. I honestly have had lots of feedback and the part that I would mostly want to revise are the Special setup. In hindsight I would have done things a little differently I think.
Thanks Braydancoe, aim happy that the video helped. Hopefully this will allow you to have a good base start in FO3. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Mo did you know that you can get colonel autumn's weapon and coat after he injects himself. Just squat down by the door and turn the camera round like you do at moiras in megaton.(new subscriber)
Thanks so much for sharing that, yes I did. In fact I think I made a guide just for that, well for his weapon anyway but that was a while ago now. And thank you so much for subscribing to the channel, it really helps out alot.
I should've watch this tutorial video before playing the game, but thank you for this vid i will definitely try and follow the tips as best as i can in my current game! :b
That's great, I hope that you get some value out of my video. It's a great game and hopefully some of the tips from my guide will help. Many thanks for checking it out and for your comment.
After watching this guide, make sure to checkout my complete list of all Fallout 3 glitches and exploits:
ua-cam.com/play/PLVmOA-Juz7ayzxOrEMTBVRzdZ78VucXgy.html
I go with specials 5s 6p 5e 4c 9i 5a l6
Charisma is only good for child at heart because you can just reload saves
@@ultimatestuff7111 Hey Ultimate stuff, I do find Charisma to help me out in the wasteland. Some of the early speech checks that I do are really only easier due to the Charisma. Trush be told, you don't need a high Charisma but it does make things easier.
@TrappedInFallout Just curious do you have another video following this one? I'm so damn lost in this game. 1st time playing it by the way.
@@iGoatonPS Sadly I don't. It was sort of a special video at the time, toke me around 1 week to make at the time. I am planning on making an updated one which would also include the DLC content too. Perhaps I may do something a little later in the new year but until then perhaps not.
Does the craterside supply glitch go away when dlc's are loaded? Thanks!
Coming back to this in 2024 after playing it 13 years ago 😂
This is helpful, thank you
No problem at all, thanks so much for checking it out and for your comment.
No prob
@@ccg337 😃👍
Lol me too
Darn that TV series
With respect, taking perks that give skill points (like Daddy's Boy/Girl) will cause regrets later. Strongly recommend Intensive Training for your lowest Attribute at lvl one. Karma is almost completely irrelevant; you can adjust it up or down whenever you want. Give Purified Water to Beggars outside of towns to raise it, repeatedly steal items to lower it. Neutral is best, good brings Talon Company down on you, evil brings Regulators, Neutral brings nothing.
I do not agree with you intensive training will be useless when you will take the almost perfect perk.
@@theforestman44 That is true, but there is never any real need to take the Almost Perfect perk. Unless you wasted perks getting to that point. And any perk giving skill points is a wasted perk.
@@theforestman44 I beg your pardon, there is one exception to the "never take skill point perk" rule: Impartial Mediation, but that gives you THIRTY POINTS of Speech, not the paltry 5 or 10 that the other skill point perks give, but you must maintain Neutral karma for it to work. But as mentioned, you can quickly adjust your karma whenever you wish.
Also, you should take Child At Heart as soon as you can, but not because it gives HUGE advantage, but because it makes the game more f*****g fun. And funny, too.
Hey Reese, to a point I agree as increasing stats via perks is probably not worth it and it's more worthwhile to get some 'effect perks' instead. That said, there is not much to go on at the lower levels and I went with the perks to help with getting the bomb diffused and to also allow to get lockpick up with 50 with Science a close second at 49. But it's really relative to what your trying to achieve.
I would have to suggest you don't set your special points like that, since you're going to miss some very good perks. The best way to do it is to set INT to 9, CHAR to 1 or 2 and everything else to 6, this will allow you to get pretty much all the good perks while getting the most XP. Charisma is not important since you load a saved game for the speech challenges.
That's actually a very good point and something I should have thought about. I guess I was just thinking form a point of view of getting someone going but probably also should have thought about next steps in terms of what perks to take at later levels. Thanks for pointing this out, it's a totally fair point.
@@TrappedInFallout Man, I appreciate you and your videos. Thank you for not slamming me, some people don't take other people's opinions very well, but you rock.
@@mulcahy123 Yeah I have seen a fair amount of that. That's ok buddy, I like to think my channel is a safe place, speak your mind buddy. Your comment actually got me thinking about a possible new guide so in all honesty I should thank you for your comment. The guide I am thinking about is specific to special point distribution and what perks to take following ok from that. And it was your comment that got me thinking about it 😄👍.
Not to mention speech can be lvled up pretty much straight after you leave the vault so putting char at 9 is a waste for the most part
Agree, but IMO build in this guide is decent as well, because in Fallout 3 we only have less than 20 perks that matter, most perks are skills-related which are irrelevant for most players. So, as long as they set INT to 9, the rest are just whatever
I really do appreciate beginners guides man, I’m not the most experienced fallout player so these are a huge help!!!
Hey Wheelassasin, thanks so much for your kind words. I really hope that the video does help outml. It toke me the best part of three weeks to make and I am very happy with how it turned out.
I was able to get to level 12 after many research and completing some dlcs on the ps3 version of fallout 3 goty
@@TrappedInFalloutit took you three weeks to produce this audible garbage can ? I’d your admitting to spending weeks on this disgusting video that just shows your not gonna make it in this industry kid
Maybe it's been said already, but here a couple of my tips:
Before you disarm the bomb in Megaton, go to Moriarty's saloon. Turn to the right, and you'll see Mr. Burke in the back room. Talk to him and convince him you'll set off the bomb for him instead of disarming it. He'll give you a device for it.
(Also, while you're in the saloon, I think Moriarty gives you a map marker for Rivet City if you talk to him enough, making it easier to go there following your tips.)
Take that device to Lucas Simms for proof about Mr. Burke's dastardly plans, then follow Simms back to the saloon. Simms will try to arrest Burke, and Burke will shoot him in the back. This will let you kill Burke without setting off the whole town.
You can then loot both Burke and Simms, getting their gear, as well as Simms' house key. Then you can go disarm the bomb. Simms' son will still reward you for the quest and give you the house, and you can go into Simms' house with the key, with no karma loss or needing the secret hatch or anything.
Also, I'd rather take the Lady Killer/Black Widow perk instead, especially if your PC is a woman, as the majority of enemies are male, and it's a flat 10% extra damage against the opposite sex, no matter the weapon you're using. With 9 Int, you're not lacking for skill points.
It's a great bit of advice, thanks for sharing. I have been thinking about it for a while now to make this guide to effectively get double the rewards.
Damn i wish i see your comment before i play yesterday. I reported Burke to Lucas and got him killed and thought i will not get reward for disarm so i reload the save file. I end up seduce Mr Burke though.
@loonaticorbit6444 you cam seduce him?
1. The most important Stat in F3 is Intelligence. Start with 9, later quickly collect the Intelligence Bobblehead in Rivet City to make it 10. I don't recommend to raise Charisma. F3 speech check system is based on probability. So you can get by with Charisma 1 by using Quick Save-Load to get everything you need from NPCs.
2. You do not need to steal. When first meet Moira, agree helping with her book. Pick the Radiation job. Then you can swim all your way to Rivet City to collect Intelligence Bobblehead.
3. While on the way to Rivet City, a pier in front of Citadel has locked boxes with Power Fists. The key is inside the sunken boat under the pier. Go get the Power fists
4. Back to Megaton, why not disarm the bomb. Once you are irradiated up to 600, return to Moira and she will cure you while rewarding you at the same time.
5. Next Moira's job is loot the Supermarket. that what your Power Fist is for.
6. Next Moira's job is visiting Minefield. Find a Sniper Rifle. Climb above a hill nearby minefield and shoot the sniper hiding above before entering.
7. Next job pick the injury job. Just drop a grenade on your own feet, then return to Moira
8. Next job pick the Mole Rat. You will be given a weapon which is lethal to mole rat. Mole rats stop being a threat now.
9. You should be at least Lv.5 now. Don't take the Mirelurk job. Instead go doing the Anchorage DLC mission. Once you finished you will have a Chinese Stealth Armor. Now take the Mirelurk job, it will be easy.
10. By the time you return from Anchorage Mission, you should have enough powerful weapons/armors enough to take almost all Wasteland enemies. You can stop reading guides.
Many thanks for sharing your advice, there are some fret tips in there and I am sure that this will help folks out.
In the part of the vid where he shows you the "hollow rock," where he sees that first Mole Rat, save your game. Then go in exact direction that Rat comes from. Walk slowly towards and under the bridge. As you do, you will be attacked by minor creatures at low lvls. Save after each attack. At a certain point, you will trigger a random event, from a list of events. If you trigger an Alien Spaceship exploding, save again. If it's ANY OTHER EVENT, RELOAD last save and try again, until you get the spaceship.
Once you get the spaceship and save your game, now you will get the Firelance (an Alien Blaster, one of most powerful weapons in the game, you might even see it falling) and Alien Ammo. Be advised you may be unable to find it quickly, but never fear, it will stay there for the rest of your playthru, no Raider will find it at that location. Once you have Dogmeat, he will find it for you instantly, plus any ammo you may have missed. Just ask him to find weapon AT THAT LOCATION, then equip it, then ask him to find ammo.
If you let this event happen elsewhere without your control, chances of forever missing out on the weapon increase a hundredfold. If you get it now, you won't have to think about it again for the rest of the game. Btw, Dogmeat can glitch out at any time, ALWAYS save before using his wonderful nose, if he isn't back in 3 minutes, reload, change location a little and try him again.
There are other great random events that can trigger from.that aswell like the deathclaw gauntlet or dartgun schematics
Hi Reese, thanks so much for your valuable info. After reading your comment I think I really should have added that into the video. I actually have a video specifically covering the Firelance and getting it straight after leaving the Vault but I should have added to this video guide, it would have been a great addition.
Thank you also on Dogmeat, another too I could have added i.e. to recruit Dogmeat early as he is a big help.
For anyone playing on the Epic Games version, the hidden container exploit is still there. It's in a different camera position than the one in the video.
Oh wow, thanks so much for your advise and tip. I really appreciate it. I am sure that this will help many others out.
No wonder i couldn't find it.. where do i have to look?
Edit: Nevermind found it. Look towards the bottom right.
Bro i am actually playing right now after 8 years in epic store version 😵
@@LuckyOddball can u be more specific, i cant figure it out , i have been trying for hours now
@@hullktravessa2212 same here. couldnt find it.
I love that you are making this content here and now still with so much passion for the game. I am introducing my mother to gaming because she is losing a lot of other capabilities in her old age. It’s great to see people still making content for us to enjoy while revisiting these classics.
Hi Sean, thanks so much for your comment and I wish mum the best of health. There seems to be a very lovely feeling when one introduces one's own parent to video games. I remember doing something similar with my mum. Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it.
@@TrappedInFallout ❤
Quick side note about Explosives, you can keep it as low as 15 if you find a Mentats (I found 2 just in Springvale). Pop the mentats for the boost to 25 explosives which is enough to disarm the bomb.
Love your channel, Fallout is the best series of games ever!!
Thanks so much for sharing that. Funny thing is that that's whats I wanted to do originally but I could not find a reliable guaranteed spawn point for some mentats.
Your stats should be STR 5, PER 6, END 6, CHR 1, INT 9, AGL 7, and LCK 6 when you exit Vault 101. CHR is a dump stat you can bypass through spam-saving / loading. The perks associated with it are only useful in limited circumstances. STR can be increased by 1 through Ant Might to give you access to Strong Back perk. AGL 7 gives you access to Ninja, Sniper, Silent Running, and other related perks. PER, END, and LCK 6 give you access to the best perks associated with them. I would swim down to Rivet City before entering Megaton, getting the INT Bobblehead before leveling up to 2nd. You will have 29 more XP points to allocate by the time you reach LVL 30 (Broken Steel). Once you Fast Travel back to Megaton, you can then start the Survival Guide with a healthy dose of rads to knock out one of the tasks right away.
Thanks for your detailed comment and for the most part I agree. Charisma really is not worth the points however it does require a little more planning on one's side. For this guide I wanted to keep it simple and easy hence the high charisma for anyone who wants to find it a little 'easier' to pass speech checks. But I totaly agree, there are a number of ways to just pass speech checks. I am considering doing a more advanced version of this guide going forward in which case Charisma will probably have almost no points invested in it.
Exactly what I do on each play through,then after the survival guide quest I'm straight to op anchorage for the Chinese stealth suit followed by the Pitt for the perforator,ghoul mask would be my next mission after that.
I can get my character op AF by level 11...stealth suit and dart gun opens up so many opportunities for hilarious and inventive killing!
@@dexterhuntington2495 That sounds like a really smart move. You would get some of the best gear very quickly including power armor training. If you decide to use glitches then you can get a truck load of ammo with high HP weapons. The weapons from the Pitt would be solid too. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.
@@TrappedInFallout thanks too you, I'm really enjoying your content, I wish you and your channel well.
My start to NV is pretty smart and effective if anyone is interested, I'm enjoying your content for NV very much also, thanks.
@@dexterhuntington2495 Thanks Dexter, I really appreciate that. They are all great games. Feel free to share ideas or thoughts. I love talking about Fallout stuff, some of my videos were born out of discussions with folks on the channel 😄👍
For picking skills as a child pick 6 for everything except luck. For GOAT choose explosive, repair and speech. Leaving the vault and leveling up put all points on speech. Go straight to Megaton. Disarm the bomb and fix the pipes. This will let you level up again. Put all points on speech. Head to Bigtown (directly north of vault 101). Speak to Bittercup, first, no one else. Complement her, tell her she looks different and needs to set herself apart. The conversation may end. Talk to her again and ask her "Is there anyone in town you haven't dated?" after asking her this go straight to Pappy and ask him about dating Bittercup and you'll gain exp.. The option to ask him stays and you can ask him over and over giving you unlimited exp. right at the beginning of the game. You can develop your character however you like. It takes about 2 hours from the beginning of the game to get to level 14.
Hey Christian, thanks for sharing your steps on how to get some infinite XP. I had tried it myself and could not get it to work. I tend to use the scrap metal glitch myself as I also get caps, Stimpacks and some other goodies.
I don’t know if this is well known, but I used to exploit a glitch ride outside of the vault in the beginning of the game where if you drop all the armors you collected off the dead vault guards and then pick the armor back up, the condition would reset to perfect on them and greatly increase the sale value for a good starting amount of bottle caps to start the game.
I will have to say that I have not heard of that one before. So you just drop the guards armors just as you leave the vault. Feel free to share the instructions buddy. It's a new one for me so would love to know a little more about it.
The hidden locker in Moira's shop! I have never heard about that one. - I've watched the tons of Fallout channel's & am subbed to several....& that's the 1st time that has been 'revealed'.
& in all seriousness, yours is the most concise & to the point guidewise.
Oh wow thank you so much Spontaneous, I really appreciate the feedback. It's definitely something that's been there for a long time and I just used my guide to bring it out a little to the fore front.
And thank you also very much for your feedback. I always try to make my videos as simple, easy and straight to the point and so I really appreciate your feedback bud.
@@TrappedInFallout no lip service, Excellent job!
@@spontaneousdisintegration Thank you 😄👍
I never knew this was hidden but I've been trying for 10 mins and getting nowhere
@@georgebeeson1844same here, playing on steam deck and completely unsuccessful after about an hour
I played this game 12 years ago and I just ordered the game of the year edition brand new, dude i missed this game so much I'm 10 hours in and i already feel that magic that classic older bethesda games had, its the immersion and exploration and scenery that is so awesome, i love that sometimes when ur wandering around in a raiders encampment it feels so dark like a horror movie. This game was my first fallout game and its such a fuckin banger! I strongly recommend anyone who hasnt played it to play it!
I loved reading your comment. Fallout 3 was my first Fallout game also and as you can probably tell I still play it to this day. It's a lovely game and there is just so much to do in it.
>special skills always put charisma in one and share the rest as you like
>go with the outcast
>Make the infinite scrap metal glitch
>go to megaton and farm xp and caps with the scrap matel
>go to each location of the bobble heads that increased one special attribute and pick them up
>go and make the dlc anchorage and take all the ammo, armor and weapons
>enjoy
That’s the “beginners guide” i give to everyone who ask me.
And always; nice vid, MO 👌
As always buddy, supper clear and right to the point, just how I like it. Thanks man for the comment and feedback, appreciate it dude.
Played this game a ton as a kid and am surprised how much I was able to learn from this guide.
Wow thank you so much for the feedback, it's much appreciated. I am thinking of making a part 2 at some point that would go into more detail and also cover the DLC too.
I never finished Fallout 3 so I decided July 2024 would be the perfect time to play it. So here I am in your ultimate guide video for Fallout 3. I was surprised I did almost everything perfect except for choosing the first 3 +15 skill points. I instead chose Small Guns, Repair and Science. But everything else, I did almost the same. And I didnt know about Moira's secret locker and the secret weapon stash behind Megaton lol. Thank you for that information xD
Thank you for your lovely comment and feedback. It's a great game and I personally love to play the games around 3-5 times every year. I've been doing that since release for 3, NV and 4.
I recommend this for beginners: 5 strength, 5 Perception, 5 Endurance, 1 Charisma, 9 Intelligence, 5 Agility and 5 luck. Thn you can put the remaining points into the stats you like most (except Intelligence and Charisma) That way beginners can experiment and try out all possible play styles. When you advise beginners to put 9 points here and 9 points there etc, you actually force them to a minimum of play styles and block off others. Let’s say, a beginner plays the game for 50% with heavy weapons but suddenly he gets bored and want a lighter stealthy approach, then chances are he got screwed because of his special points. Then the only way to make up for it is to reach endgame which is a bummer. I only recommend 1 Charisma because you can bypass that by save/load, or put a good amount of points in your speech skill. 9 Intelligence is to max out your skill points each time you level up. But this is just my opinion :) Have to say that this is the best channel for Fallout fans! 😄 Wish i discovered it sooner.
Wow thank you so much for your lovely feedback.
And thank you for sharing your view on a great build setup. I really wish at the time that I had spent more time on the Special setup buy I did sort of burst through it.
I am working on another guide to fix that somewhat specifically.
But thank you again for your comment and support.
No problem and your welcome!
Keep up the good work soldier!😋
@Patrickvdm23 Yes sir, I most certainly will try my best.
This a great video. Now I’m going to try fallout 3 again
Thank you for sharing your feedback. I wish you lots of fun.
I'm new to this game and never knew rocks could be opened. I'm glad to know about that sniper rifle in the rock. Fighting enemies up close has been incredibly difficult so far especially fire ant soldiers because they take me down pretty easily. I'm looking to be more on the stealthy side of things sniping enemies from afar and switching to pistols when they get closer. I do use the bat when I can but it doesn't seem to do much against fire ant soldiers. My character is level 2 so that's a probably a big reason for that lol.
Thanks so much for your comment. Given your still early in the game I hope that my guide helps you out. There is a lot to digest so hopefully it will be easy to follow also.
Try a sledgehammer dude lol it's rekts everything lol I'm only lvl 12 and finnished the game at that lvl but I'm trying to get 100% all achievements
@@ernesttawhi1608 That's awesome, I am trying to do something similar myself for a future video guide, fingers crossed.
If you want to level up beyond level 2 kill evil pedestrians such as the raiders or mole rats
@@panterarosa4325 ha ha Yeap that will do it 😄👍
I would recommend one of the first things to do once you leave the vault is to get the Firelance blaster random event located at the barn behind the vault. You can soft reset the game until you get the event. I do this every play through so I don’t miss the event or the blaster doesn’t get stuck in an unreachable location.
Ha ha you read my mind. I do exactly this. In fact I have a video doing exactly these steps. In hindsight I probably should have added that to this guide.
THIS IS THE BEST FALLOUT GUIDE I HAVE EVER WATCHED
Wow, thank you so much for your comment, it felt so lovely reading it. I try to make my guides as simple and easy as possible and also try to make things 'to the point'. Thanks again so much S 👍
@@TrappedInFallout I told my friend to watch it and he watched the whole video and took notes
@@Goodbyeman44 oh wow, that's such an honour. Thank you so much for helping to spread and share my content, I really appreciate that 😄👍
Fallout 3 was so hard when I first played it back in the day but now, I can play it in my sleep. I have only felt that with this game specifically. Atom works in mysterious ways.
I actually can relate. I felt the same way when I first played it. Today I play it so often it feelmlike I know more about the game then I do about general life.
@@TrappedInFallout 100%
You can also go with 20 explosives and pop mentats before disarming, saves 5 points if not going for explosives
That's a very good point and a great tip also, thanks so much for sharing Live Your Dream (really cool handle name btw - love it 👍).
This guide really helped. Im just rebought the game after so long
Thanks for sharing your feedback and your comment. Feel free to checkout some of my other guides also, I have a fair few on FO3.
I'd say the second you get out the vault pop it on very easy, stick your level up points in lock pick and science and pick a perk that has an active effect instead of adding skill points that can be acquired via skill books and bobble heads. With that in mind start running to rivert City for the intelligence bobble head then get towards the lock pick and science after that. Then adjust the difficulty to your choice.
I never considered game difficulty, thanks so much for sharing. I also cover getting the I Intelligence bobblehead but not the science one. Thanks so much for sharing your advice, much appreciated.
It is also good to leave either perception or strength at 8 instead of 9 as there is a perk that allows you to gain 1 point in one of them
Your absolutely right. In fact it's potentially a good idea for a guide, increasing special points via quests, etc.
this was really helpful but coming from new Vegas i am used to putting charisma at 1 other than that this was really helpful
Hey Papa, thanks for your comment and for sharing some insight yourself buddy, appreciate. Charisma can be reduced and other objects and items can potentially be used as a work around for sure. Thanks again for checking out my guide.
Hey man, great video. I would to add that I just figured out a xp exploit from you video. Right when you you leave the vault and level up keep going back and forth between the perks and where you add more point and you can keep adding 5 point each time til you get to level 100
Hey Chris, thanks for pointing this out to me. This sounds like a new glitch, to me certainly. Can you explain a little more. Once you leave the vault, I don't recall there being any way to add 5 points to anything via perks in FO3. Or am I missing something.
Thank you for this! I just started my fallout 3 journey, going for platinum trophy on ps3😁
Oh wow, that's amazing. I really envy you my friend as it's a wonderful game and to be able to enjoy it for the first time is a great feeling. I have plenty of guides on FO3, so do feel free to check them out. And that said, thank you so much for checking out my guide and for your comment also. Once again, have a blast iGoat.
This is an amazing guide and the most up to date since the long forgotten days of William strife
Hey Joe, thanks so much buddy for your comment and for your feedback, that means alot to me. I loved making this one, it was nice to just freestyle it based on what I usually do when I start new playthroughs.
Okay so the free house items glitch still works on PC in 2022 for those of you here because of it being free on epic. YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE CHANGE CAMERA BUTTON FOR THIS TO WORK. On pc this is the "f" key. I think its LB on controller. Otherwise your character just moves and you wont find it.
Thank you so much Theoeras for sharing your advice and tip on the camera glitch. It's actually very interesting, of all the tips in the video, many appear to be having issue with the camera bit which I suppose makes sense for the most part because it's probably the most tricky bit. Thanks again for the tip.
For who don't know about what is LB is, is L2 hold that button and you will stand still
And thanks Theoeras for helping me
I found that this UA-cam channel can be really useful I’ve learned some things from it. My favorite thing to do is go straight to rob-co and get scrap metal and get the ghoul mask then go to underworld to get Lincoln’s repeater and do the infinite scrap metal glitch
Thanks so much for your feedback, even after al the games being out collectively for over a decade, you saying that you learn new things from my channel is a really nice complement.
About the scrap metal and mask though, that sounds like a solid idea, thanks for sharing it dude. I was looking at doing a new video where you can get both houses which involves going to Tenpenny straight after Vault 101.
Man you did such a great job, this video is awesome for every fallout 3 beginner! Thumbs up! 👍🏻
Hey GunSlinger, thanks so much for your feedback. This was by far my most difficult video to make and it was such a pleasure talking to everyone also. Thanks man, I hope there were some tips in there that were new to you.
This is just the most efficient build I've never thought about 😅
Lol think of all the speech checks that you might still need to save and load to pass, awesome isn't it. Ha ha I am working on something in the background to fix that. That said I hope my poor build choice does not take away from all the other stuff I shared in the video.
This is the most practical start I've seen. Thank you!
Thank you so much Wulfgvng, I really appreciate that. Since making my guide I have also re-thought of a number of things and may make an updated version at some point in the future. That said, thank you once again for checking out my guide.
Thanks for this guide I just installed the tales of two wastelands mods this will be my first legit play throughs
Wow welcome to the world of Fallout. I really hope that you have a great time playing the games. Even though they are old you will find that they still stand-up even by today's standards.
I always set my charisma to 3 and if I fail a speech check I just accept it. You can get into Simms' house simply by waiting a bit. His house becomes unlocked after a while. And you really should speak to Burke before disarming the bomb, for the storyline. It makes taking out Burke and Tenpenny much more satisfying during the 'Gotta Shoot Them In The Head' quest. Most of this guide is too much like power gaming for me.
That's a fair comment and to an extent it sort of is. I don't really take the time to explain a few options and only really go I to some level for depth for some things like choosing your player home. The guide is designed to just get someone new to the game up and running with a somewhat balanced approach. I am planning to make another one at some point which would be a little more detailed but for now this will hopefully help out everyone who checks out the video.
@@TrappedInFallout Yeah I realised after I'd posted that you must have talked to Burke in order to get the ability to set the bomb to explode. Dumb of me.
@@cdeford No worries at all ha ha. It's all good. You are right on your view, this video is to get someone up and running and I hope to correct that one day with a more detailed video.
Thanks for the guide! Wish I looked for it before I started fallout 3 for the first time last week! I’ll adjust some stuff won’t be too far behind where you were
That's totally cool. You don't have to restart our game at all and I would say just carry on and have fun. Feel free to checkout my guide for any other tips as I do share stuff well after leaving the Vault also.
Very nice detailed guide video as always Mo. Even your long videos are so detailed and still easy and simple.
Thank you so much Rony. It was something that I was a little worried about. I always try to make my videos short but this was a long one. I'm happy for your feedback, perhaps I may make another Premier going forward.
Hi I'm Brazilian and I wanted to say that I loved the video, I don't know how to speak English and it still helped me to know many new things
Oh wow, thank you so much for your feedback. I'm happy that my video helped. Thanks so much for checking it out and for your feedback.
You have to press the middle mouse key to rotate the camera when stealing the house items.
Many thanks for sharing that, I am sure it will help out folks on PC.
@@TrappedInFallout No problem. Took me a good 15 minutes to realize this feature.
Heck yeah bro that totally works. I was wondering how the player stayed looking towards the wall while circling the camera. Lifesaver ✅
Great video I’ve gotten into playing fallout once again by how great the show was
Would you believe that I an pacing myself on the show. So far I have watched episode 1 snd plan to try and watch an episode a week. I might even watch episode 1 again, I totally loved it. And oh man, loved the fols who play the roles too. The setting, the look and feel.
Personally I don’t think you need the science skill for hacking terminals you can just guess 3 times and if you don’t get it get out the terminal. Then access the terminal again and rinse and repeat until you get it. As long as you don’t press the 4th one you can do this infinitely. If they patched this then just save and reload. The terminal
That's absolutely right, you can just do it three times and then exit therefore stopping you from locking the terminal.
You cannot access the terminal if you do not have the required science skill. Cannot even interact with it to attempt a guess. You need 25 for easy 50 for medium 75 for hard and 100 for very hard terminals.
This is so much information to take in just to start my first play thru on fallout 3 😢
It's a really big game and your right, there is a lot. I could suggest that you look at the chapters in the video and try to go through a chapter at a time to help it make a little more easier.
Wow! Thats an amazing and indepth guide to help give new players such a good start to this game! I really like how indepth you went regarding stats vs bobbleheads and how best to approach quests! Awesome video buddy!😃🤘
Hey Reckless, thanks so much dude for checking out my guide and for your comment. This was by far my most difficult guide to make, toke me best part of three weeks. And I am so happy that it's been received very well. Hopefully this will help out people who are new to the game.
for those who are wondering why the trick of the hidden locker 18:45 doesnt work its because you need to disarm the bomb in middle of megaton (not rig it to explode) then the trick will work
The trick itself is based off the game camera view and not not related to any quests as such. You should be able to pull it off without touching the nuke, I have certainly done it but you will not be able to actually use any of it without disarming the nuke as that is how you get access to the house. So in a manner of speaking it's true but you don't need to disarm to access the hidden container.
Can you make a similar Video for Fallout New Vegas please.
I followed this guide and really enjoyed playing through.
Yes I absolutely plan to. I have some other stuff in mind for now as I am slowly going through DLC content but I totally plan to make one for New Vegas. That said I do have a glitches start for New Vegas. What that be something that you would be interested in?
You missed the utility vault jump suit at the start of the quest to leave the vault. The utility vault suit gives you plus 5 to repair. You also passed up on a corpse in the red server looking room just before the overseer that also wears the utility vault suit. Jonas also has a lab coat. This increases your science by 5. Keeping these in your inventory can be useful when performing the tasks related to their benefits. I think that would have neen a useful tip to provide, especially to new players.
Thanks for pointing those out, in hindsight I should have mentioned those during the escape of the Vualt but I totally forgot to. Had lots in my notes at the time and skipped over some and would you believe that I even edited some out.
4 - decent enough strength to carry stuff
7 - energy weapons (goes up during side quests and bobbleheads)
5 - your overall hit points and big guns
1 - useless
7 - the overall skill points you get from leveling up the higher it is ( goes up from side quests and bobbleheads)
9 - small guns ( good to get this high in the beginning for good damage on starter weapons such as the 10mm pistol)
6 - crit multiplier ( goes up higher from bobblehead and side quest buffs)
Tag small guns, lock picking and repair.
You can get science up later on in the game once you get the tag skills to 100 since medium and hard terminal locks don't come up till later in the game.
Thanks buddy for sharing your feedback, I really appreciate it. These are some great points and I am thinking of making an updated one in the future. I will certainly take all these points on good advice.
Thanks. Playing it for the first time and I thought you had to kill the overseeker. Made it out and tried to go in the school and cleared out two levels before dying lol
That's awesome, welcome to the game. Its an amazing game and if Fallout 3 is your first Fallout then your in for a lovely treat. Thanks for checking out my guide and for your comment. I have lots of content on FO3 so feel free to check any of it out and I hope it helps.
Waiting for something amazing!!! I'm so glad for You Moe , thanks for everything keep going , the Best fallout youtuber
Hey El Lobo, wow, that's such an amazing complement, thank you so much. Thank you so much for your comment, I am just so greatful for all the support that I have received. I really look forward to tomorrow, it will be amazing talking to everyone.
Charisma to 9 is pointless.
The speech checks can be easily bypassed by quicksaving before talking to somebody and basically repeating the convo until you pass.
Plus you can use the Naughty Nightwear found in the “Those” quest topped with any other Charisma boosting headwear or drinks.
Intelligence -9
Agility and Perception at least 6 since theres a few perks that require this.
Dont waste a perk by adding another point to any Special unless you have to at the start due to lack of perks
Yeah I agree. I have been thinking a lot about this and did make some decisions in the video I would do differently today. I may make an updated one for the near future. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Can't wait to see it in 47 hours!!!!🌍✅
Hey Enclave, thanks so much. It will be really cool finally getting a chance to actually chat with you all in the live chat. I'm really looking forward to it.
Amazing guide. You really have put a lot of time and efforts to know all the details. Thank you.
No problem at all, thank you so much for your time and for checking it out. I do try to do my homework as best I can before posting but it does not always go as I planned. Thank you for your feedback.
I literally can’t wait.
Hi Skitty Beeper, thanks so much for your comment and I really can't wait myself. It's the first time I'll be doing a premier and I am really looking forward to talking to you and everyone else.
hey! im COMPLETELY new to fallout 3, so this helped a lot!
No problem at all, thanks for checking out my guide.
Hey Mo, this was a lovely guide and I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Rony, thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it. That's great, it was a long video so I am glad that you enjoyed it.
Thanks man, I appreciate the guide. I love new vegas but just started 3 and the guide helped to get on track from the start. thanks
No problem at all, I hope that my helps you out. Thanks for your comment and support.
Another great upload thank you! Going back to fallout 3 has been so much fun
Hey David, thanks so much for your comment buddy and feedback. It's truly an awesome game and it's totally worth going back to play it again. Although the graphics may not have aged as well but the gameplay and story and mechanics is still better than other games today, in my opinion.
It's cute to watch this and be reminded how broken vanilla fallout 3 is. I probably haven't played f3 in 15 years and forgot about do much.
This is quaint and familiar
Many thanks for checking out my guide. Your right, it was broken in many places - I guess its sort of a historic and traditional thing for most Fallout games ha ha.
Does any one else actually genuinely get kinda scared playing fallout sometimes? 😅 27 years old I still can’t play it to late 😂😂
I will put my hands up, I certainly do. I am not a fan of horror games so get a little spooked. The first time I played the Dead Money DLC was not a great experience for me. I also find places like Dunwich not a pleasant place at all.
@@TrappedInFallout 🤣 Any deathclaw encounter and im out 😅 if it’s night and I’m out in the wasteland I’ll wait till it’s light lol 😆
@AstonTheVillaFan I sometimes have the same issue and tend to carry something that gives me night vision, that's helps alot.
Make sense IMO, unlike Fallout 4, Fallout 3 enemies are not based on the player level, so if we get lost in the wasteland, we can encounter very high-level enemies early on. And I think that's because the backsound as well while we are wandering
Great video, love this, playing through goty edition again. 1st time in year.
Only thing ill say, is with the bobblehead in vault 101, dont worry if you miss it, as you can get it later from, trouble at the homefront
Yeap that's totally right. I actually have a video specifically on it too. Thanks so much for checking out my video and for your comment.
Wanna hear something that sucks?
As mentioned, been playing through goty. collected every bobblehead in the game, except raven rock, as had not done the quest yet. And i missed the last one in Col. Autumns room. Fml @@TrappedInFallout
“Now the reason you want to get Butch’s jacket is because Tunnel Snakes rule.”
Yeah that's right, we don't really need any other reason. It's the only one that matters......you can probably tell I like the Tunnel Snakes 😉👍
It's all fun and games until Butch pulls out a "real" Tunnel Snake
@@robertl8270 “Naked and Afraid”
About to start my 3rd play through. In 2024. Thank you for your video
No problem at all - my only advice is that you watch the entire video first and then decide if you want to replicate what I did or if you want to take some advice and not all. It's totally up to you my friend, thank you so much for your support and comment.
LET'S GO FALLOUT 3
I am playing it on ps3 right now.
Hey Forest Man, thanks so much for being so early. I think you were the first person to be in the chat and so darn early also. I truly appreciate it, thank you so much.
@@TrappedInFallout thanks to you moe. Very usefull video thank you.
Moe i also downloaded your video in case it is removed by youtube and you can also use the scrap metal glitch to have infinite exp after grabing all the boobleheads to have 10 points on each skills.
@@theforestman44 No problem at all, thank you so much Forest for your support.
@@theforestman44 Yeap that's totally true, in fact I have a video on that too. I feel like I have covered a great deal of Fallout 3 now. Here is the link to the video if your interested:
ua-cam.com/video/SnNxX7oHx-0/v-deo.html
You are the man Moe . You have made my world better for many years. Thank you ❤peace from NewZealand
Oh that's lovely, thanks so much for your comment. I do hope that my content helps you out as much as possible.
and here my dumb ass nuked megaton first chance I got.
Keeping Megaton is 100% worth it.
yeah I see that now but I've progressed to much to start over again, will try it in my second pass at the game.@@TrappedInFallout
On xbone, and possibly ps3, 4, and PC too, there is a nasty bug: If you install all DLCs from beginning, it breaks the radio. You will instantly hear Three Dog talking about END-GAME events, from the beginning of your playthru all the way to the end. (It's a Broken Steel bug, to be exact.) This is not only out of order, and SPOILERY, it also blocks announcements you are SUPPOSED to hear as you complete quests. To fix this, just don't install DLCs until you're ready for them, then, install in correct order: 1. Operation Anchorage, 2. The Pitt, 3. Broken Steel (but 3. only after you finish main quest.) The other 2 DLCs can PROBABLY be done safely before OR after BS.
Hi Reese, thanks so much for sharing that with us all. I usually start my new games on PC with all the DLC which activate as soon as I leave Vault 101 and have been lucky I guess as it's not happened to me. Thanks for letting us know though, I really appreciate it.
1: As soon as you can: go to the Scrapyard and get man's best friend: Dogmeat. You can do this right after leaving the Vault. Your life will become significantly easier with this companion and at the end of the main story he will tear through a 3 man strike force of Enclave soldiers as if they were mole rats. Or draw aggro from 2 Deathclaws while you shoot them.
2: As soon as you have explored enough of the DC ruins to reach the Museum metro station, go into Underworld which is a Ghoul settlement in the Museum Of Natural History and get Charon for free by doing the quest for the innkeeper where you have to kill another innkeeper. Once a day she goes out the door to have a smoke and you can safely deposit a frag mine in her pocket. With Charon and Dogmeat you are set, even on hard dificulty.
These are actually two very good tips. I only focused the video on a 'getting started' point of view but I really should have included Dogmeat into the guide. On a personal note he is one of my most beloved companions across all of Fallout.
The best SPECIAL for me it's 9 int 8 str 7 luck - remaining - for your choice and build.
STR +2 - 1 bobblehead in Megaton and 1 for compliting quest Those - Ant might - this quest you can compleat with magnum or rifle - hard but donoble.
Int - the bobblehead in the Rivetcity
Luck - eazy bobblehead in the cementary - 2 ghouls and 3 bandits - eazy to kill, Lucky shades +1 luck near Tempeny Tower and the lucky 8 ball - hard because you need to kill supermutants - but duable with manum or rifle.
2 and 3 level put your skills to SPECIAL perk
4 - to Educated
5th to Comprehantion
All other - your choice, and don't cheat - it is bad!
Thanks so much for sharing your tip and advise, I really appreciate that Dmytro. Seems like a good spread of your special stats, with a high int, strength and luck, you should be doing plenty of crit hits and getting high exp. On the cheating, sure bud, will try my best.
3:25 Weird. I set up everything as you said Mo, I failed the 70% Speech check w/ Butch. And my 3 Tag Skills: Lockpick Repair, & Science were after I picked them as skills, were literally 1 point below what your read. Yours on Repair & Science I believe read at 37. Mine are at 36. Lockpick the same, yours read 27, mine 26. Just weird. I failed the Butch speech check but talked to Paul Hannon and passed it that way & yes I grabbed Medicine Bobblehead
Sadly the speech checks are not 100 certain. It's more of a probability thing. The higher your speech, the more likely you will pass it. Alternatively you can save you game just before doing it. If it fails then reload and try again.
nice tips buddy i will definetly begin as u suggest in my probable second playthrough
That's awesome, I hope it helps you out with your future playthroughs - thanks so much for checking out my guide.
You can save your repair skills for fixing pipes by equipping raider blaster helmet (+5repair,+5explosives) and consuming mentats
That's a very good point, many thanks for sharing that.
At the third perk you can make your skills up to 100 explosives, melee weapons, repair, and small guns. After I misarmed the bomb I put all my points in science then continue select the first perk. Then back continued again then select the second. Back and forth and the points didn't go away. I don't know if you can do this at any point but right after misarming worked.
This sounds interesting, are you saying that this was some sort of bug in the game causing your skills to jump to 100?
Love this and followed to the tee. However got ambushed by talon mercs then whilst passing through the water got involved in a shootout with mutants and raiders. Bit out of luck for me.
Thank you so much for watching through the entire video. It's one of my more comprehensive guide but I can also see areas that I can improve on things. Yeah, there is an element of randomness so hopefully it wasn't too bad. Did you find the video useful, are there any areas that you would change or suggest I look at more?
Hello from 20224 - about the build - use chems, it's very cool and usefull, therefor don't max your specials - coumt all the buffs you can get.
About INT - you don't need so many skill points - there is a lot of skill bonuses, keep it nearly 5.
Thanks for sharing your feedback, it's much appreciated. That makes sens. I made this guide a while back and I may make another more up to date guide as there are several things in there that I would certainly revisit.
Hey Mo, I was not able to make it dude. I'm sorry but I am going to watch it in full. So far I have heard some great tips, lol, moving NPCs is a really cool trick.
Hey Rayhan, life and family always comes first. No problem at all, perhaps I will make another one in the future and I may catch you then.
I've been playing for 3 days now
your guide has been very helpfull
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback, I really appreciate it. I hope this and any of my other guides help you out.
An additional more ruthless method with the small ranch is kill silver after you get her caps and she had a additional 100 and phycho on her
That's actually worth sharing, especially for folks who may be trying out a bad/evil playthrough. Many thanks for sharing.
I'm pretty sure Lucas Simms house unlocks after you finish his quest. I have found it locked a few times though. It might depend on Lucas Simms son. Just always check and see after. The fact of the matter is, i have the bobblehead and i didn't sneak in through the roof.
Ha ha as long as you have it then that's what matters lol. Its a great Bobblehead so its worth getting for sure.
Hey just letting you know you forgot to mention the book your friend gives you at your birthday party it can be found in your desk when you wake up it boosts melee damage just wanted to put that here because I’m new to fallout 3 and just figured that out today
That's a great shout-out, thanks so much for sharing that. I have been thinking of making an updated version of this video. Hopefully sometime soon as I have had a lot of feedback on it.
Thank you bro for this video. By this I had understand the mechanism well. I started playing this game for the first time and it was bit confusing for me to understand the game and it was funny when i just kill each ncp that comes😅. Love from India ❤
No problem at all, I hope you find my content interesting and useful. Thanks so much for your feedback buddy.
This is great. I'm starting my 2nd playthrough now. The 1st one I really struggled early on cause I did it completely blind. Did not enjoy the game at first because of it. This will help me
Do you have one of these for New Vegas? I looked and didn't see anything. I watched a different one from someone else but it was short, quick, not as detailed and comprehensive as this one
Thanks so much for checking out my guide for FO3 and for your comment. Sadly no I don't have a start guide for NV. I have a fee start glitched guide but that's not the same as a beginners guide. I just never really got around to making it although I did start on the project a few times. I my still do so and make a detailed guide as possible but sadly no, not at the moment. Thanks so much for checking out my guide.
I just want to tell you appart from the Chat again how i apprecheate youre work.
You ssy thancks for us watching but to bring this in perspective: for us it was 30min of entertainment for you 3 weeks of work.
I really want to thank you for the time and efford and truly apprecheate not only this video but also the entire channle.
Your'e not just any youtuber
Your'e my Buddy
Thanks a lot😁
Hey ExiledWarden, thanks so much for your kind words. I truly value it. It's always lovely when you sort of randomly find each other and in the end it turns into a lovely friendship. Even better that what ever the case that we share some in common and that's out passion for Fallout. Thank you so much as always for your support, it's really something that has helped me so much and I can really not ask for anything else. Thank you buddy.
Youre welcome
What can i say exept you deserve it, youre always kind and take youre time
@@exiledwarden9598 Thanks again so much ExiledWarden, I really appreciate your comment buddy. And this is why I feel it is totally worth it, everyone is so lovely.
You forgot something this isnt as important nor as relevant but there is a hidden safe behind our fathers picture frame in the office where the bobblehead is. It requires 50 lockpick but if a player can obtain it early on they can eventually go back to vault 101 if they recieve amatas distress call
The safe contains a free Nuka Launcher Schematic I'm pretty sure as well as 300 caps and some other items
That's actually a great bit of advice and I should have shared it at the time. Thanks for sharing your advice and thoughts.
btw in the overseers office there is a locker the right side of the computer with a bunch of useful things
Yeap your absolutely right. It's something in hindsight that I should have added in the video. Many thanks for sharing your advice, much appreciated Peeaines.
I remember back when I first started playing this in 2008 it all seemed so complex. But now with far more complex games out there, FO3 is really kind of easy for me, even on Hard difficulty. Still enjoyed the guide, though.
Thanks NightWeaver for checking out my guide. It was a guide that I have wanted to make for the longest of time but at the same time it was meant for new folks to the game. I am planning to make a part 2 for this, which would have some more tricks and tips to getting started including DLC stuff. Hopefully in the near future.
@@TrappedInFallout By the way I just checked and that glitch to steal all of the house items does still work. It took me a few minutes of fiddling with the camera but the locker does show up.
@@Nightweaver1 That's great, it's a really cool and simple trick and saves a lot on caps given that you don't have to buy any of it. I personally love it, great start. It also makes the Megaton home more valuable (in my view) over the Tenpenny Suite.
In stead of disarming the bomb you can also go inside of the saloon and talk to the dodgy guy, then snitch him with the sherrif and follow the sherrif to the saloon and wait for the shootout and the sherrif to be killed. You kill the dody guy, loot both, visit tenpenny tower, do whatever you want to do there and then after being done with tenpenny tower, decide what you do to Megaton
Thanks for sharing your steps. It's something I did probably only 2 or 3 times since playing FO3 all those years back. I may try it again. Out of interest though when your back in Megaton and you disabled the bomb, how do you then get the keys to your house since Lucas is no longer available?
@@TrappedInFalloutnot too sure, I believe his son becomes sherrif and gives you the key to it.
@@TrappedInFallout I just did the mission and after the shootout between Burke and Simms you kill Burke and cant detonste the bomb. You can however take both of their guns and outfits. Simms son hands you the caps and the key to your shack after you defuse
@camiloprijs8411 Ah OK, I will check that the next time I start a new playthrough. Thanks for sharing.
@@camiloprijs8411 Ah OK, so you can't use this method to get both houses but instead can to get some kit and the house in Megaton.
you can even see the megaton house locker from the holes in morias if you look thourgh them in the area
Oh I had no idea about that, that sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. It's an interesting observation 😉👍. I will have to check it out for myself and see.
Great video if you disarm the bomb about 2:30pm Lucas Simms door is open I'm playing on 360 so it might be different because I started with different skill points only a few points different
Ah that's cool, thanks for letting me know. That sounds interesting, I will have to check it out for myself. Thanks so much for sharing bud.
i dont recommend tagging the science skill at all, since science and big guns skills can be maxed out entirely through skill books due to the infinite supply of them (through respawning raiders) it will take a while to grind out all the skill points for them, but doing so will let you save skill points and the tag skills for other skills, saving you roughly 160-ish skill points over the two skills, if you want to grind it out that is
That's ab absolutely solid and valid point, I should know since I covered both of the glitches on my channel. Since pushing out my guide for FO3, I have been thinking about making a more up to date version of it including DLC and making sure of some glitches to help out. Thanks so much for sharing your feedback and thoughts Sleepy PPL, I really appreciate it 👍
@@TrappedInFallout you responded to a comment on a half a year old video, not a lot of youtubers do that, thats nice to see, ill definitely come back to you for fallout videos
Thank you so much for your comment. I like reading my comments and I try my best to reply to every single one. It's just a really nice way of being able to interact with you all. On your note of checking out my other videos, thank you so much - that really means a lot to me 😄👍
for the most part this guy is alright on his information however, there are some cavots to his special first both strength and endurance can be worth getting at 10 and getting the bobble heads because they can be dropped by radiation as a matter of fact getting them above a 10 actually is beneficial because it will make them fall down to 10 or in other words it's like having a 11 just without the stat increases its not generally as big of a help but, I actually found this method can allow for a character to reduce heavy radiation stat drops granted the build is also one that relies on you becoming lvl 30 with broken steel
Thanks for sharing your feedback. I really appreciate it. I honestly have had lots of feedback and the part that I would mostly want to revise are the Special setup. In hindsight I would have done things a little differently I think.
Thank you for this video it made my life better. Thank you
Thanks Braydancoe, aim happy that the video helped. Hopefully this will allow you to have a good base start in FO3. Thanks for watching and commenting.
thanks man , you really da GOAT , you inspired me to improve my skill in game i enjoy
Hello there, thanks so much for checking out my content and for your support. I really appreciate it.
Mo did you know that you can get colonel autumn's weapon and coat after he injects himself. Just squat down by the door and turn the camera round like you do at moiras in megaton.(new subscriber)
Thanks so much for sharing that, yes I did. In fact I think I made a guide just for that, well for his weapon anyway but that was a while ago now. And thank you so much for subscribing to the channel, it really helps out alot.
I should've watch this tutorial video before playing the game, but thank you for this vid i will definitely try and follow the tips as best as i can in my current game! :b
That's great, I hope that you get some value out of my video. It's a great game and hopefully some of the tips from my guide will help. Many thanks for checking it out and for your comment.
For anyone on Xbox, hold LB when turning the cam to the left.
That's awesome, thanks so much for sharing that. I am sure it will help out a fair number of folks.